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The Daily Universe SB191 sets regulations on law enforcement agencies in private higher education institutions. This bill applies directly to BYU as the only private university with a police force in Utah. (Preston Crawley) The Utah Legislature is considering a bill that establishes regulations and authority given to law enforcement agencies in private schools. According to sponsor Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, SB191 applies directly to BYU because it’s the only private institution in Utah with a police agency. The bill establishes a certification process for private police agencies and...

The North Pole City Council has taken the first step toward collecting online sales taxes. The North Pole City Council has taken the first step toward collecting online sales taxes. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to advance an ordinance that would enable the city to collect its 5-and-a-half percent sales taxes on goods and services bought from non-local sellers. Mayor Mike Welch says the tax would be fair because it would treat out-of-town businesses like the locals, which are collecting the sales tax. “It levels the playing field for the people who have the traditional brick and mo...

SALT LAKE CITY — It's one of the first things new cadets learn when they go through the Peace Officer Standards and Training course to become certified law enforcers in Utah: Don't use your police laptop to access personal information about people whom you aren't investigating as part of your job. That's why the top brass with the certification agency and the Utah Department of Public Safety say it's very concerning that they are seeing an increase in the number of officers who are illegally accessing protected police records — including to check backgrounds on people they are dating or w...

Utah officials end effort to eliminate BYU’s police department Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The police station at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Brigham Young University’s police force is here to stay. State officials announced Tuesday that they won’t appeal an administrative law judge’s decision to dismiss the state’s effort to strip the private university of its police powers. That decision ended a two-year battle where the Department of Public Safety took the unprecedented action of seeking to decertify th...

BYU will keep its police department, after a judge dismisses Utah’s decertification efforts Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The police station at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Brigham Young University will keep its police department after an administrative law judge took the surprising step of tossing the case where state officials had sought to strip the private campus of its policing powers. Brigham Young University will keep its police department after an administrative law judge took the surprising step of tossing ...